Joe Whitman
{{Short description|American baseball player (born 2001)}}
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|team = San Francisco Giants
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|position = Pitcher
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|birth_place = Akron, Ohio, U.S.
|bats = Left
|throws = Left
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Joseph Daniel Whitman (born September 17, 2001) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Francisco Giants organization.
Amateur career
Whitman grew up in Hudson, Ohio, and attended Hudson High School, where he set the Ohio state record with ten saves as a junior in 2019. His senior season in 2020 was wiped out by the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|url=https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/high-school/2020/06/25/spring-sports-spotlight-hudson-baseball/42237203/|title=Spring sports spotlight: Hudson baseball|work=Akron Beacon Journal|date=June 25, 2020|access-date=July 17, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/kent-state/2023/07/10/kent-state-pitcher-joe-whitman-drafted-by-san-francisco-giants/70397769007/|title=Kent State pitcher Joe Whitman drafted by San Francisco Giants|work=Akron Beacon Journal|date=July 10, 2023|access-date=July 17, 2023}} Whitman would start his collegiate career at Purdue. He only pitched {{frac|5|2|3}} innings over two seasons for the Boilermakers before he would decide to transfer to Kent State.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseballprospectjournal.com/joe-whitman-shows-growth-at-kent-state/|title=Joe Whitman shows growth at Kent State|date=12 June 2023 |access-date=July 17, 2023}} In his first season with the team, Whitman went 9–2 with a 2.56 ERA and 100 strikeouts.{{cite web|url=https://www.batterypower.com/2023/7/6/23785688/mlb-mock-draft-fangraphs-projects-kent-state-lefty-joe-whitman-to-the-atlanta-braves|title=FanGraphs projects Kent State lefty Joe Whitman to the Atlanta Braves|first=Kris|last=Willis|website=BatteryPower.com|date=6 July 2023 |access-date=July 17, 2023}} For his performance on the year, Whitman earned first team All-Mid-American Conference (MAC), and was named the MAC Pitcher of the Year. He was also named a first team All-American.{{cite web |last1=Kiraly |first1=Matt |title=Three Kent State baseball players selected in Major League Baseball Draft |url=https://kentwired.com/98435/latest-updates/three-kent-state-baseball-players-selected-in-major-league-baseball-draft/#:~:text=Whitman%20earned%20a%20first%20team,strikeouts%20with%20an%20even%20100 |website=Kent Wired |access-date=17 July 2023}}
Professional career
Whitman was selected by the San Francisco Giants with the 69th overall pick in the 2023 Major League Baseball draft.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/joe-whitman-2023-mlb-draft/1639694/|title=Giants appropriately use Rodon comp pick to draft southpaw|first=Alex|last=Pavlovic|website=NBC Sports Bay Area|date=10 July 2023 |access-date=July 17, 2023}}{{cite magazine |last1=Regodon |first1=Wrenzie |title=SF Giants draft SS Walker Martin and LHP Joe Whitman in the 2nd round |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/giants/news/mlb-draft-sf-giants-draft-walker-martin-joe-whitman |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=10 July 2023 |access-date=17 July 2023}} He signed with the Giants for $805,575.{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/giants-2023-draft-signings-tracker|title=Giants Draft signing tracker|website=MLB.com|date=July 20, 2023|access-date=July 22, 2023}}
References
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External links
{{Baseballstats|mlb=802126|brm=whitma000jos}}
- [https://purduesports.com/sports/baseball/roster/joseph-whitman/11028 Purdue Boilermakers bio]
- [https://kentstatesports.com/sports/baseball/roster/joe-whitman/13436 Kent State Golden Flashes bio]
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